Not much writing today just wanted to show you some Easter cards made with the Everybunny stamp set. All the images, with the exception of the Easter Eggs on the card to the left, are from this set and the eggs are from Easter Blossoms. I won't bore you with all the details but will put a supply list at the end. I made these a few weeks ago and suddenly realised that if I didn't show you soon it would be too late!

Stamp sets - Everybunny, Easter Blossoms (the sentiment on the chick and egg card is a retired stamp)

Punches - Large Oval, Scallop Circle, Large Scallop Circle, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Dies - Scallop Circle, Circles and a non-SU Large Oval

Embossing Folders - Perfect Polka Dots, Designer Frames

Springtime

Today's card is one that I made for no other reason than I wanted to! I saw some daffodils similar to this that Julie Kettlewell had made for a wedding card and thought they looked really cute so I wanted to have a go. They are very simply made with the larger petals cut from the Boho Blossoms punch and the 'trumpet' from an Itty Bitty Punch Shapes punch, I chose to do mine in Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie. I very lightly sponged a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Certainly Celery on the bottom half and Bashful Blue at the top then added some stems with a stamp from Cottage Garden, in Old Olive, and fixed the daffodils in place with a spot of glue. The tiny blue flowers, another stamp from Cottage Garden, reminded me of some blue flowers that have recently started coming out in my garden, the name of them escapes me at the moment but they are prolific! The sentiment from Easter Blossoms and a couple of birds from the SAB set, Elementary Elegance, were added before matting onto Lucky Limeade cardstock and a white card blank.

Easter Baskets

I am sneaking yet another post in today (5 posts in one weekend - now that's got to be a record!) and the reason for this is because I  popped over to the Friday Mashup challenge this afternoon and saw this

1. Make a project using the "colors Green & Yellow".
2. Or Make a "3-D project that's a Basket or a Treat Pouch".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Treat Basket/Pouch using the colors Green & Yellow". 

Now it just so happens that a couple of weeks ago I made these two Easter baskets that, quite by coincidence, fit the bill perfectly! 

Both are made with So Saffron cardstock and use flowers punched with an Itty Bitty Shapes punch, leaves from the Bird Builder punch and the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch either for or on the handle. The basket on the left is made with 4 Scallop Envelope die cuts and decorated on each side with an egg from Easter Blossoms, stamped in So Saffron and cut out. The one on the right is made with a Scallop Square, cut with the die, then scored and folded to make the basket (although it doesn't look like it in the photo, it is a lot smaller than the other one!) The sentiment is from Easter Blossoms and is punched with the Oval Punch and matted onto a Scallop Oval. 

All I had to do was to take some photos and, believe it or not, it had even got the green tissue paper in already!!

I have just seen the weather forecast and they say that this lovely warm, sunny weather is going to last until Thursday so, whatever you are doing, I hope you get the chance to enjoy it. Pop back tomorrow to see some more Easter cards which I have made for my grandchildren.

 

ColourQ challenge

Oh dear this is my 4th post since Friday - I really do need to get a life! Well until I do here is a card I am entering for this week's ColourQ challenge which, as you can see from the inspiration photo above, is using Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery and Whisper White. I decided to make another Easter card with the gorgeous Blossom stamp from Easter Blossoms and the cute little rabbit from Everybunny. I began by stamping the blossom branch in Chocolate Chip and then coloured in using a blender pen with Calypso Coral then the little bunny was stamped underneath, again in Chocolate Chip. The ink from the original stamping was blended in for the rabbits face, ears, arms and legs with a touch of pink inside the ear. I don't have the Blushing Bride ink pad so I substituted this with Pink Pirouette and used this to colour the dress and one of the eggs and Calypso Coral was used for the other egg and the shoes. To 'ground' the bunny so she didn't look like she was suspended in mid-air, I squiggled some Certainly Celery around using a blender pen then stamped the sentiment on top. The panel was matted onto a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock which had been punched along the bottom edge with the Eyelet Border punch, a knot of grosgrain ribbon tied around and then positioned onto a white card blank.
I hope you've all had a lovely weekend and have managed to enjoy the sunshine - please let this be the start of spring :0)

Lots of Eggs!

I have used another stamp from the Easter Blossoms set for today's card, this time the pretty egg.

This was stamped in Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and So Saffron across the top of a piece of Whisper White card which had been punched along the bottom edge with the Eyelet Border punch. The sentiment, also from Easter Blossoms, was stamped in So Saffron. This was then matted onto a panel of So Saffron, which had also had the bottom edge punched, and positioned in the centre of a white card blank. A bow, made with So Saffron Taffeta ribbon, and three Basic Pearls were added to finish the card.

If you would like this stamp set then you will need to order it from the Spring Mini before the 30th April, we have no idea whether anything from the mini will make it into the next main catalogue so it could be your last ever chance to get this beautiful and versatile set!

Easter Blossoms

An Easter card for you today using the Easter Blossoms set available in the Spring Mini until the end of April.

I used the stamp in the same way as for the Mother's Day card I made a couple of weeks ago and this was by stamping the image in Early Espresso and then, without re-inking, stamped again to give a shadow effect.

The blossoms on the front image were coloured with Daffodil Delight using a blender pen and the rest with So Saffron.

The panel was then matted onto Daffodil Delight cardstock with Daffodil Delight Grosgrain ribbon going diagonally across two opposite corners. A bow was added to the bottom corner and three pearls to the top corner. The sentiment, also from Easter Blossoms was stamped in Daffodil Delight and then the whole thing glued onto a card blank. 

I really love this blossom branch and it is so therapeutic colouring in the blossoms which surprisingly, as I said before, does not take very long and is very easy to do. Pop back tomorrow to see a spring card I have made with the same stamp.

Blossom Box

I had so many fantastic comments about the card that I made earlier in the week (shown above left), using the branch from Easter Blossoms, that I thought I would show you the box I have made to go with it. The top is made with the Scallop Square die so I made this first as it determined how big the box would be. The Scallop Square was scored on all four sides after the second scallop, which left me with a lid measuring approx 2½" square. The rest of the box was made to fit the lid, mine is 6" high but you can make it as short or tall as you want depending on what you want to put in it. Panels were made for the top, and all 4 sides, using the branch stamp on Whisper White and then layered onto Wisteria Wonder, leaving a tiny border showing. The scallops on the box lid were inked with Wisteria Wonder using a sponge dauber and a Wisteria Wonder Ruffled ribbon loop was added to the box lid. Oh and not forgetting 3 vellum butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits, sponged with Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo, with a tiny pearl in the centre, on the front panel.

Simply Stampin' again

When I saw the colour challenge on Simply Stampin' yesterday I didn't know whether I would be able to produce anything that I was remotely happy with and here I am, back again, with a card using the same colours! It all began when last night I decided to play with a new stamp from the Easter Blossoms set and the colours just seemed to lend themselves to the pretty blossom. I stamped the branch in Early Espresso and then stamped again without re-inking to give a paler branch at the back and coloured in the blossoms on the front branch with Melon Mambo and the rest with Pretty in Pink. I was amazed at how quickly I managed to colour all those blossoms just by using a blender pen and ink pressed onto the lid of the stamp pad - I thought it would take ages! I wanted the butterflies to be more delicate than cardstock so I inked a piece of Vellum cardstock with Pretty in Pink using a sponge dauber, cut out the butterflies with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, and then lightly inked around the edges with Melon Mambo and fixed them onto the branch with a tiny dot of wet glue. The sentiment from For my Family was stamped in Melon Mambo and, to finish the card, I added a tiny Basic Pearl to the centre of each butterfly and three slightly bigger ones under the sentiment. The panel was matted onto a piece of Wisteria Wonder cardstock and positioned onto a white card blank. Maybe my Mother's Day card ready in advance!!

When is it Springtime?

Another quick card to show you using Easter Blossoms, a new stamp set in the Spring Mini. A piece of Daffodil Delight DSP was embossed with the oval from the Designer Frames Embossing set and adhered to a card blank. The image of the girl was stamped in Basic Black onto Whisper White and then punched out with the Large Oval punch and glued into position inside the frame. The sentiment from the same set was stamped in Basic Black and a Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Ribbon bow added to the bottom of the frame. How quick is that?

I experimented a little with the colour of the silhouette by first stamping in Daffodil Delight but I much preferred the black - but then it's all a matter of taste and it could be stamped in any colour. You could even colour the image using different colour markers but, as I wanted this to be a quick card, I didn't even attempt that!